In class on wed Dr. Chen briefly mentioned the well known 6-degrees of separation between any two people idea. However, in a presentation by Haym Hirsh on the future of AI in relation to the NSF, Dr. Hirsh mentioned that the well known idea of 6-degrees of separation between any two people is actually false and that the poor were largely unconnected to the rest of us.
This article points out many of the flaws with experiments designed to test the small world hypothesis, including unrepresentative samples, and a low success rates within experiments. Its an interesting read on an idea I had largely accepted and adapted to without proof.
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